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gr0x0rd
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:08 am    Post subject: [Solved] Which package installed library x? Reply with quote

I royally screwed things up today doing a world update, and have been re-emerging packages in order to get my system back. I finally have a desktop again, but not quite all the way there yet- gnome-applets is failing on libgstaudio.so. Revdep-rebuild doesnt find any packages to emerge when I pass it this library... how can I find out what package it came from so I can re-emerge it?

Thanks as always.
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use equery. Can't remember proper commandline but I think it is 'equery f filename'.
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gr0x0rd wrote:
how can I find out what package it came from so I can re-emerge it?
You ask. Incidentally, that should be a reference to a file which is part of media-libs/gst-plugins-base.
dentharg wrote:
Use equery.
Bear in mind that it only works if the package is installed. The appropriate short option is b (belongs) not f (files).
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys, that's done it. Using equery b <library> I was able to track down the remaining culprits and my system is working again.
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